Purpose

The Education Committee shall identify needs and issues concerning the education of users of government information and propose projects to resolve these needs and issues. The goal of this committee is to act as conduit for information regarding education resources in using government information to four audiences:

users and potential users of government information;

government information librarians and staff;

librarians who do not work directly or primarily with government information; and

library school students and faculty.

2014 ALA Annual Conference

• What makes government information resources so valuable? Looking at this another way, why aren’t they scary and intimidating or boring?
• What would you like non-gov docs librarians to know, at minimum, about government information?
• What are the ways you interact with colleagues to share information about government information resources?
• If you were designing a one-hour program to teach your colleagues about government information, what would you include in the presentation?

Projects

GODORT Exchange
Designed to assist with the successful management of government information, the Exchange is a set of resources providing access to government information specialist created content in one place. Find content or contribute your own to share with others.

Competencies: Current - Targeted to beginning government information librarians and to general reference librarians. Includes a survey and separate parts for federal, state, & international competencies.